motif
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That’s also why, when “Fjord” opens with soft piano chords playing “Amazing Grace,” it’s safe to assume the song will be an integral motif throughout the film.
From Salon β Sep. 19, 2026
DFT calculations indicated that this newly formed motif makes it much easier to break the C-H bonds in methane, one of the key steps in activating the molecule.
From Science Daily β Sep. 9, 2026
Pumpkins are her most famous motif, featuring heavily in her paintings and giant sculptures.
From Barron's β Aug. 27, 2026
Atletico Madrid's new home shirt platforms the Rojiblancos' famous stripes, together with a subtle trident motif - a symbol associated with the club's fans, who gather at Madrid's Neptune Fountain to celebrate victories.
From BBC β Aug. 9, 2026
Lovesickness, it would seem, if the repeating motif around this place is any indication.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
The "polka dot queen" channelled hallucinations and battles with mental health into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades and continents.
From Barron's β Aug. 27, 2026
More elaborate designs, including hatched bands, grids, and diamond-shaped motifs, also showed evidence of rotation, translation, repetition, and "embedding," i.e., the ability to build hierarchical levels of signs within the same surface.
From Science Daily β Aug. 9, 2026
Following his previous film, “The Neon Demon,” “Her Private Hell” finds the director returning to some of his beloved motifs, such as impossibly glamorous yet noir-tinged spaces populated by blank-faced beauties in wickedly chic clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 23, 2026
Birdsong all around the world, they say, is made up of combinations of these motifs - three types of trill, three types of whistle, chaotic notes and harmonies.
From BBC β Jul. 23, 2026
The robin sings flexible songs, containing a variety of motifs that he rearranges to his liking; the notes in each motif constitute the syntax, and the possibilities for variation produce a considerable repertoire.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing motif
Poetry: Literary Devices
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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Vocabulary to Describe Literary Devices
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